Coaching & Training Archive

A national survey finds that a majority of homebuyers want to include brand-new homes in their search. At the same time, a small percentage of real estate professionals have the training, market knowledge and builder relationships to professionally support their clients in the new-homes arena. As a result, the majority ...

Is it possible for you to have too many leads? Listen in on this webinar, being held Wednesday, November 20 at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EST) and glean expert advice on managing high-lead volumes and strategies for dealing with this “good problem to have.” ...

At realtor.com®, we take great care to focus on the outcome for the brokers and their agents when we provide lead solutions. Leads come in all shapes and sizes; and it is not until you back out the intent of the ...

Twitter can be an incredible communication and marketing tool, but it can also be very overwhelming. Many brokers sheepishly admit that they are awful at Twitter and confused about how to use the site. ...

Issues with appraisals continue to impact real estate transactions, but better communications between real estate agents and appraisers could help to minimize problems, according to panelists at a property valuation forum held during the 2013 REALTORS® Conference and Expo earlier this month. ...

(MCT)--QUESTION: I’ve gotten feedback that, as a manager, I’m not very good at helping people develop their own solutions. It’s hard — it’s really easy for me to see what they should do, and it seems more efficient to just tell them. ...

Real estate agents have a challenging career that requires them to be knowledgeable in various areas of the market, have a sense of what buyers and sellers are looking for and be available to clients during off-hours and on weekends. In an ...

During RISMedia’s 18th Annual Power Broker Dinner in San Francisco on Friday, a member of the real estate community will be honored with RISMedia’s Real Estate Leadership Award. The Leadership Award will be presented by Citibank executive, Desmond P. Smith, Managing Director at Citigroup ...

When I am out in the field training real estate agents I like to ask people whether I could still make it in sales. My question is, “if I moved back into sales tomorrow, do you think I would be successful?” Almost ...

There’s a certain thrill people get when offered a chance to win a prize. Whether it’s the excitement of scratching off a lottery ticket, the anticipation of waiting for that last Bingo number to be called or the hope that your raffle ...

I feel bad for professional photographers who have to stand by and watch as we amateurs get access to apps that provide a whole assortment of photo editing tools that, until recently, were only found in darkrooms. Suddenly, everyone is a photographer with the ability to take fantastic pictures, in ...